Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
The Way Nashville Looks at 1t.

The third annual championship season
OF The Southern League will open next
Saturday week. Ii goes without saving,
the Nashville Union remarks, that the
contest will be the most brilliant aud eX-
citing ever witnessed in this section, as
each club will work with a desperation
born OF despair to land the coveted flag
the flag which Atlanta has he'd for two
seasons through DulidOZing and fraud.
Upon the character of sport furnished
base ball patrons this season depends the
fate OF the league, and it behOoves club
managers, directors and stockholders to
use every honorable means to have the
pastime conducted upon high moral
plane, and to insist upon hard work by
every man under contract. the Union,
which has one of the best gotten up SPORT
ing columns OF any paper In the South,
goes on to prognosticate something like
this:
"As the clubs are paired in the schedule,
Nashville will undoubtedly nave the
strongest opposition It the opening, and
II she succeeds in winning half OF the
games she will be doing exceedingly well.
The visiting team is not made up OF a
few sticks and few swell-head grand
stand beauties this year, but is composed
OF ball-players, and they are coming to
Nashville to WIN every game they posi-
bly, can, and intend to make h great
effort to keep it up to a certain extent
throughout the season. The owners of
the team are men OF prominence and
means, and any weak points developed
before the club arrives here will be rene
died. Such players as Powell, McLaugh-
lin, Hines, Glenn, Taylor, FOrsythe and
Carl are not to be sneezed at.
1.-THE MamDhia team will have lnar GaiI-
ing in the first round, as their visa Wis,
the Savannahs, will be an easy prey Tor
them. The GeOrgians are away off in
playing ball compared with the skillful
lads under the management of Jack
Sneed. The Union by no means intends
to convey the idea that Savannah Will
not have good team in the field eventu-
ally, butts judging it solely by the ability
of the men now enrolled under her ban
ner. The Bluff Cities are a great deal
stronger in batting, fielding and base
running than MOrton's men can possibly
be, measuring the two teams by the
standard of their playing IN exhibition
games. Therefore, it is safe to predict
that the home club will capture the four
games.
''Fhe prevailing opinion In the league is
that New Orleans Will swallow the
Swamp Angels and split them up again
Wnen bney meet Tor the FIRST Gu nl0n-
ship dash, In fact, it Is put down as a
settled fact among the enthusiasts OF the
| Crescent City. But the best LAID plans of
mice and men are knocked out OF the box
| sometimes, and this may be one OF the
times. Mobile is strengthening her team,
and at this distance, and considering
well the qualifications of the men signed.
| it would be the height of absurdity to
accord TO New Orleans the first four
| games. If they win three out OF the four
| they may congratulate themselves. Both
! clubs have been practicing steadily for a
| month, and are in tne shape for the open
| ing league contests.
Thus the Union casts its horoscope at
the close of the drst series: Memphis
| first, New Orleans second, Nashville and
Charleston tied for third place. These
conclusions may be erroneous, but after
carefully studying the strength OF the
teams, as evidenced by their playing in
exhibition games, they will do to bank
on, The locals Will pick up at rapid
rate after the first series, as they have
Savannah for four games and open the
third series with Memphis here at home
BY June l Nashville should be In the
van, and the Union shall look for nothing
else"
After all that the Union has said il
may turn out that it is just a little off in
its estimates Of the Savannah team. Ii
wont always do to Judge by the locks OF
a toad how far he'll jump. Wait little
while, and see what the Forest City team
will develop,